Principal Clinical Psychology Educator - Grade 5
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- Open to Clinical Psychologist applicants with extensive mental health experience
- Grade 5 position
- Ongoing, part time role working 22.8 hours per week (0.6 FTE)
Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the north-east of Melbourne and statewide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.
About the Mental Health Division Psychology
The Mental Health Division provides care and services through a comprehensive range of teams to meet the needs of mental health consumers and carers throughout Victoria. Services are located across Austin Health campuses and in the community.
Mental Health services work within a clinical framework that promotes recovery-oriented practice and supported decision making. This approach to consumer wellbeing builds on the strengths of the individual working in partnership with their treating team. It encompasses the principles of self- determination and individualised treatment and care.
The Mental Health Psychology team consists of over 90 Psychologists. The psychology team is supportive and collaborative and prioritises excellence of clinical care for all consumers. The Mental Health Division provides services on all three campuses of Austin Health and across the full spectrum of care, including acute, subacute and ambulatory / outpatients.
About the role
This exciting new role offers an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Psychologist to lead our growing psychology education team to support the planning, development and implementation of clinical education for psychologists within Austin Mental Health.
The Principal Clinical Psychology Educator will coordinate and support supervision, training, education and professional development of students, early career clinicians and psychology staff. The Principal Clinical Psychology Educator will work collaboratively with other educators at Austin Health to support multidisciplinary and interprofessional education, and address Royal Commission goals.
About you
To be successful in this role you’ll bring with you:
- Have current registration as a psychologist with AHPRA
- Hold endorsement as a Clinical Psychologist
- Hold endorsement and an AHPRA psychology supervisor
- Have extensive experience working within Mental Health
- Have a demonstrated capacity to lead, develop and deliver clinical education programs
- Have demonstrated experience with supervision of psychologists
- Have high level communication skills including the ability to work collaboratively with a wide range of stakeholders at all levels of the organisation
Our benefits
Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:
- Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging, for living expenses, meals, and holiday accommodation.
- A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounted fitness memberships and special offers on health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program.
- Onsite childcare at Austin Hospital, easy access via public transport and car parking options.
- Mentoring and career development opportunities.
Work with us!
We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.
If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Even if you don’t meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. What matters most is your passion, your drive and your willingness to learn and contribute. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.
All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Dr Joanne Peters, Director Psychology Mental Health Division at Joanne.Peters@austin.org.au or 0481 097 809.
Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.
Application closing date: Sunday 8 February 2026
